News from BarrowJournal - Topics from August, 2010

Thirty people are in jail and more arrests are expected by the end of the day as the Barrow County Crime Task Force wraps up a three month long operation. Law enforcement officers from the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office, Winder Police Department, Statham Police Department, Auburn Police Department, and the Department of Pardons and Parole ...
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Next Tuesday, voters will head back to the polls to settle several area and state races. Locally, Republican voters will decide between Shane Coley and Frank Ginn in the State Senate 47 race and between Jody Hice and Rob Woodall for the 7th U.S. Congressional District. Statewide, voters will choose between Republicans Nathan Deal and Karen ...
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“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller There's no place like home, but it sure is nice to get away — especially when home is as hot and humid as ours has been for so long. Mr. Clark and I just got back from five days in San Francisco and it was heavenly, if for no other reason than the ...
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An Auburn man called the Sheriff’s Office asking for help dealing with his wife. When a deputy arrived, the man explained that he believed his wife was on drugs. When the deputy asked why he thought the woman was on drugs, the man said it was because his wife had been sitting on the floor and hitting herself with an iron skillet. ...
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Last Saturday, members of the 18th Georgia Volunteer Infantry re-enactors met at Rose Hill Cemetery to hold a special memorial service for a fallen Confederate soldier. The ceremony, in honor of a young soldier who never received a proper burial and lay forgotten for decades, is the first area event to commemorate the upcoming sesquicentennial ...
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Interim Barrow County Emergency Services chief John Skinner issued a stern warning to commissioners Friday in response to concerns that budget problems could result in the closure of one of the county's six fire stations. In a press release issued August 6, Skinner said closing a fire station would result in unnecessary risks to citizen and ...
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Three men are in custody after a Friday night shooting which left one person injured. Winder Police were called to Wood Avenue at approximately 8 p.m. in response to a drive by shooting. A 22-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound to her right shoulder when shots were fired from a moving vehicle into a crowd. Witnesses provided a description ...
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Barrow County Schools began the new school year Monday with a trimmed budget, fewer bus routes, and a new energy policy. But its Superintendent Wanda Creel said the 12,152 students got to school, the transportation changes went smoothly, and the day went great. “The new routes went very well for the first day of school,” she said. “All of ...
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A bad week took a turn for the worse after a Winder man lost both his girlfriend and a large sum of money. The man said on the day his live-in girlfriend left his house, he had $22,750 in his bank account. Three days later, his girlfriend had still not returned and he discovered that his banking account had been emptied of $20,000. The man said ...
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The Winder Noon Lions Club recently honored several public safety officers for their service to the community. The awards were presented at the July 28 meeting of the club. DEPUTY OF THE YEAR Barrow County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chris Jackson was honored as the Winder Noon Lions Club Deputy of the Year. Jackson, a five year veteran of the ...
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